People QuickFacts	Alachua County	Florida
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	251,417	19,317,568
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	247,336	18,802,690
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.6%	2.7%
 	Population, 2010    	247,336	18,801,310
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.3%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	17.4%	21.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	11.1%	17.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.6%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	71.3%	78.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	20.3%	16.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	5.6%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.4%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	8.9%	22.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	63.5%	57.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	74.3%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.7%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	13.8%	27.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.3%	85.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	41.1%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	17,113	1,637,466
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	20.0	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	113,371	9,026,965
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	54.5%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	38.1%	29.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$185,100	$188,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	97,542	7,140,096
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.35	2.56
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,172	$26,733
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,373	$47,827
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	23.6%	14.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Alachua County	Florida
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	5,733	490,851
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	80,828	6,732,639
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	-0.8%	1.6%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	15,392	1,686,142 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	20,676	2,009,589
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.8%	9.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.8%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.7%	22.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.6%	28.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	104,832,907
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	221,641,518
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,152,244	262,341,127
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,124	$14,353
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	493,980	41,922,059
 	Building permits, 2012    	589	64,810

   	Geography QuickFacts	Alachua County	Florida
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	875.02	53,624.76
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	282.7	350.6
 	FIPS Code    	001	12
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Gainesville, FL Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts